well, it WAS sort of a joke, I have ridden rollers and usually I simply fall off! On 11/10/05, 25hz <25hz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The "carpet sprint" thing seems to be pretty much a myth. There have been > three riders on the rollers with three different bikes and when we go off > them, anywhere from 25 kph up to a high of 43 kph (so far), the bikes stop > dead as soon as they hit something that won't spin. The wheels don't have > enough inertia to keep spinning and drag the bike away. In fact, no one > has > even gotten to the floor yet as the wheels stop spinning as soon as they > hit > the metal rails holding the rollers together. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Garvey" <lazybee45@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:28 AM > Subject: [python] Re: Indoor riding > > > Rollers are fun! But i am not nearly smooth enough to use them > effectively. > Just be careful that you dont' do carpet sprints! > HAHAHAHA! > (carpet sprints are when a rider on rollers slips off the edge and does a > fast burnout into the wall on the carpet!) > mark > > ============================================================ > > This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org <//freelists.org> > > Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an empty mail to > python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > > ============================================================ > > -- Buy the book "Passing Gas" a series of essays on human power. $5 + $1 shipping send reply e-mail Post message: IowaVelomobiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: IowaVelomobiles-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe: IowaVelomobiles-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List owner: IowaVelomobiles-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx